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Minimalist Landscapes Using a Telephoto Lens

Minimalist Landscapes Using a Telephoto Lens

People jump to grab their wide-angle lenses when going out for a landscape photography trip. It makes sense—after all, photographing landscapes is about capturing wide vistas and the best bits of nature in a frame. But this doesn’t mean you cannot do landscape photography with a telephoto lens. Like photographer Michael Shainblum discusses in this […]

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The Trick to Photographing Everyday Life

The Trick to Photographing Everyday Life

Photographing everyday activities and objects is something that almost anyone can do. However, it takes a skilled eye and creative thinking to make that image stand out. It’s challenging to catch an audience’s attention with images of everyday objects. It just seems too ordinary for them. In today’s video, photographer Vuhlandes joins his friend William […]

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Overcoming Challenges on Landscape Photography Trips

Overcoming Challenges on Landscape Photography Trips

A lot of hardcore landscape photographers get into the habit of chasing light. In order to get that perfect morning or evening light, they end up leaving their homes and traveling to unknown places at the oddest hours. Also, landscape photography often changes us into constant travelers who go to distinct places around the world […]

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Low Light Photography Tips Without a Flash

Low Light Photography Tips Without a Flash

It’s amazing how little is known about low light photography and why many pictures are ruined when the environment is too dark. The most important thing is to first understand why pictures turn out bad under low light. In this article, I’ll help you understand the mechanics behind low light photography and then we’ll take […]

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Model Photography with 4 Photographers

Model Photography with 4 Photographers

One beautiful thing about art is how every other artist can have a unique perspective on the same subject. And just like it doesn’t really matter what brush you use to paint, in photography, gear hardly matters. It’s your artistic vision and how you manifest that vision that matters most. In today’s interesting video, we […]

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Reflections: Are You Making the Most of This Creative Tool?

Reflections: Are You Making the Most of This Creative Tool?

We all know that if we make use of reflections we can add some wonderful creativity to our images. How many of us, however, consciously look for reflection opportunities as part of our standard photographic routine? And do we look beyond the standard mirror image approach? Here is a series of images that will hopefully […]

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Finding Images in Local Landscapes

Finding Images in Local Landscapes

Many of us landscape photographers love to go to faraway places in search of mountains, vistas and woodlands to photograph. This obsession sometimes makes us forget about the gems that we often have right at our doorsteps. It could be just a matter of paying more attention to those landscapes or changing the perspective to […]

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Photography Tips Newsletter Update

Photography Tips Newsletter Update

We have good news about our email newsletter. We are transitioning to a better platform with more consistent uptime and improved readability in all inboxes. With so many subscribers it may take a few weeks to transition everyone with some of you possibly missing a few photography tips & tutorials. If you want to make […]

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Dealing With Friends and Family as a Professional Photographer

Dealing With Friends and Family as a Professional Photographer

There are many challenges in photography and becoming a professional means mastering the technical aspects, then clawing your way through layers of better established competition in order to make a living. When you’re new to photography and gain some skill, your first paying jobs will likely come from family and friends. Those will be the […]

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What is the Slowest Shutter Speed You Can Use for Handheld Photography?

What is the Slowest Shutter Speed You Can Use for Handheld Photography?

Once you start taking photos, many things become clear. The first is that light is vital to creating a nice photograph. The second thing is that digital photography has made things much quicker and simpler. Third, we understand that proper camera usage is crucial to getting good quality photographs. As soon as these three things meet, we […]

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